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powerbiexpert22
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bidirectional relationships

what are the different ways to handle bidirectional relationships in power bi ? 

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Greg_Deckler
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@powerbiexpert22 Please elaborate. You can have bidirectional relationships in Power BI or you can create a relationship single direction relationship and activate it bidirectionally only for the duration of a DAX query using the CROSSFILTER function.



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Uzi2019
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Hi @powerbiexpert22 

 

Check this video you Bidirectional relationship doubts will be cleared.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30OrlrKbXsw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3m7qzsVJqQ&t=170s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_kUNlmrqi8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOs-VWf20E8

 

I hope above videos would clear your doubts!

 

 

Don't forget to give thumbs up and accept this as a solution if it helped you!!!

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Uzi2019
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Hi @powerbiexpert22 

 

Check this video you Bidirectional relationship doubts will be cleared.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30OrlrKbXsw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3m7qzsVJqQ&t=170s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_kUNlmrqi8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOs-VWf20E8

 

I hope above videos would clear your doubts!

 

 

Don't forget to give thumbs up and accept this as a solution if it helped you!!!
Greg_Deckler
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@powerbiexpert22 Please elaborate. You can have bidirectional relationships in Power BI or you can create a relationship single direction relationship and activate it bidirectionally only for the duration of a DAX query using the CROSSFILTER function.



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DAX is easy, CALCULATE makes DAX hard...

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